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people of burma. grassroot activists. we want to make sure they continue to be empowered and are taking part in the country's transformation. another key challenge is the plight of the ethnic minority. we are deeply concerned about the situation. discrimination and violence has spiked in recent months. we have condemned the violence and called for meaningful dialogue. the government has taken some constructive steps including playing a helpful role in restoring calm, allowing humanitarian access and making a clear pledge to bring instigators of the violence to justice and the need to follow through on of these. our ambassador has been working closely with the government and i expect the president will address this directly with the leadership of burma as well. following burma at the east asia summit in cambodia, the president will address issues from maritime security to law enforcement, disaster response, humanitarian assistance, development, commenting disease, and economic security. the president,
people of burma. grassroot activists. we want to make sure they continue to be empowered and are taking part in the country's transformation. another key challenge is the plight of the ethnic minority. we are deeply concerned about the situation. discrimination and violence has spiked in recent months. we have condemned the violence and called for meaningful dialogue. the government has taken some constructive steps including playing a helpful role in restoring calm, allowing humanitarian...
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this will be a historical visit to burma. it will be the president speaking to the people of burma in a clear and full way about the way forward, about the support the u.s. has for the reform movement, about where burma can go if it stays on the path to reform. that cannot help but to support and enhance the movement toward reform. we are not naive about this. we are aware of the dangers of backsliding. if that takes case, we will respond accordingly. this is a moment we did not want to miss. there have been substantial changes. we have responded in substantial ways. with respect the sanctions we have on burma -- they targeted against those who would resist reform and democratization. lots more work to do. this is a moment where the president can attempt to lock in the progress that has been made and give a tremendous boost to the reform movement and the democratization movement in burma. it is important for the government of burma to see the president responding positively and reinforcing those. we have done this in a measur
this will be a historical visit to burma. it will be the president speaking to the people of burma in a clear and full way about the way forward, about the support the u.s. has for the reform movement, about where burma can go if it stays on the path to reform. that cannot help but to support and enhance the movement toward reform. we are not naive about this. we are aware of the dangers of backsliding. if that takes case, we will respond accordingly. this is a moment we did not want to miss....
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for the united states, the overture to burma has been a very positive thing. the chinese may feel that the u.s. is becoming more invested in the region, but what's interesting is that the obama administration has been very clear. perhaps you can say the biggest policy of the last four years is strategic. since the fall of the soviet union, the u.s. has been invested in the middle laced. that has been a primary focus of u.s. foreign policy. what obama is trying to do is to do a strategic readjustment to region, the china, asia pacific that is an engine of the new economy and there are also military and strategic rationales for this. host: else is he going and why? guest: is going to cambodia and thailand. this is a trip for him to reinforce the strategic rebalancing towards a job but the trip to burma is the actual interesting one. host: what is the wish list for the middle east? guest: the middle east is still in a great flux right now, issues with iran, israel. they're seeing some ratcheting up in gaza where they have seen hundreds of rockets firing in tensio
for the united states, the overture to burma has been a very positive thing. the chinese may feel that the u.s. is becoming more invested in the region, but what's interesting is that the obama administration has been very clear. perhaps you can say the biggest policy of the last four years is strategic. since the fall of the soviet union, the u.s. has been invested in the middle laced. that has been a primary focus of u.s. foreign policy. what obama is trying to do is to do a strategic...
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have objected to the president's upcoming trips saying that the democratic reforms taking place in burma haven't gone far enough and or also that the ones in cambodia may be backsliding. how do you avoid the perception that the president has put a samp of approval on these governments. >> well in burma the president will use that visit to press for improvements in the relationship between the united states and burma. there has been extraordinary progress made since last year but much more work needs to be done to advance democratic change. supporting democracy and human right social security a fundamental principle behind the president's policy in the region and the world and he will carry that message on this trip >> \[indiscernible] >> i think this is historic and important but it will be clear his message will be to recognize the progress that's been made but there is more work that needs to be done. >> you said the new secretary is going to be a key part pant in these discussions so if he committed to staying on until the end of the negotiations? >> he's committed to staying on throu
have objected to the president's upcoming trips saying that the democratic reforms taking place in burma haven't gone far enough and or also that the ones in cambodia may be backsliding. how do you avoid the perception that the president has put a samp of approval on these governments. >> well in burma the president will use that visit to press for improvements in the relationship between the united states and burma. there has been extraordinary progress made since last year but much more...
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in the way it treats burma as basically its backyard forest to cut down. back to the caller's point, every product that he described there would be a lot more expensive if not for china. he touches on some very important which was the implications of what nafta meant and what globalization more broadly means when it not well articulated by president clinton or subsequent presidents. president bush wanted a hemisphere-wide free trade summit. it is very dislocated, particularly on american manufacturing jobs. i think there is a -- but the prices of the goods that we by obviously are a lot less expensive because of the extremely low labor costs in china. host: this comes from twitter -- the church secretary has said he is leaving, right? -- the treasury secretary has said he is leaving, right? guest: it is a matter of time. he has had an enormous task. the focus will move away from things like the bailout and crisis negotiations and more into domestic and long-term fiscal concerns. at least in the first year or two years of the obama second term, unless there
in the way it treats burma as basically its backyard forest to cut down. back to the caller's point, every product that he described there would be a lot more expensive if not for china. he touches on some very important which was the implications of what nafta meant and what globalization more broadly means when it not well articulated by president clinton or subsequent presidents. president bush wanted a hemisphere-wide free trade summit. it is very dislocated, particularly on american...
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guest: burma is a place that china perceives as in its sphere of influence. particularly as a place to get the resources it needs. timber along the borders, oil. there has been a backlash inside burma which is why we saw political reform their last year which is the reason the president is going, against china. in the way it treats burma as it basically its backyard forest to cut down. point, the caller's every product that he described there would be a lot more expensive if not for china. he touches on some very important which was the implications of what nafta meant and what globalization more broadly means when it not well articulated by president clinton or subsequent presidents. president bush wanted a hemisphere-wide free trade summit. it is very dislocated, particularly on american manufacturing jobs. i think there is a -- but the prices of the goods that we by obviously are a lot less expensive because of the extremely low labor costs in china. host: this comes from twitter -- the church secretary has said he is leaving, right? -- the treasury secret
guest: burma is a place that china perceives as in its sphere of influence. particularly as a place to get the resources it needs. timber along the borders, oil. there has been a backlash inside burma which is why we saw political reform their last year which is the reason the president is going, against china. in the way it treats burma as it basically its backyard forest to cut down. point, the caller's every product that he described there would be a lot more expensive if not for china. he...
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we had a chance to talk with the president about his trip to burma, a country i have had a long interest in. i want to commend him for going. it is an important step to take. >> thank you. >> activists representing minority groups also met with the president and vice president. they spoke to reporters following the meeting. this is about 20 minutes. >> we are ready. let me say that we just concluded a meeting for over an hour with the president and vice president with various organizational advocates. it was a very candid meeting. we discussed our concerns about the constituencies that we represent -- working class, a poor people, women, students. we laid out to the president the feelings that we get from many areas of the country. for some that we represent, it is a fiscal cliff. for others, it is a sliding down from a more comfortable slow. we are there and leading across the aisle to say that we hope that there'll be an agreement in these negotiations that they go ahead and stop any hike on taxes to the middle class and the working class. that has been agreed upon in the house. that h
we had a chance to talk with the president about his trip to burma, a country i have had a long interest in. i want to commend him for going. it is an important step to take. >> thank you. >> activists representing minority groups also met with the president and vice president. they spoke to reporters following the meeting. this is about 20 minutes. >> we are ready. let me say that we just concluded a meeting for over an hour with the president and vice president with various...
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i had a chance to talk to the president yesterday about his trip to burma, a country that i have had a long-standing interest in over the last 20 years. i want to commend him for going. i think it's an important step for him to take. thank you. >> thanks, everybody. >> activists also bed with the president and vice president and spoke to reporters after the meeting. -- also met with the president and vice-president and spoke to reporters after the meeting. >> let me say we just concluded a meeting for over an hour with the president and vice president with a very rigid various organizational heads. it was a candid meeting. we discussed our concerns about of the constituencies that we represent, working-class people, poor people, minorities, students. we laid out to the president exactly the feelings we get from many areas of the country that are wanted in the middle of these fiscal cliff negotiations that he hears from our constituents. foursome that we represent, it is a fiscal clifford. fort some it is their sliding down from a more comfortable slope. we are joining many across the
i had a chance to talk to the president yesterday about his trip to burma, a country that i have had a long-standing interest in over the last 20 years. i want to commend him for going. i think it's an important step for him to take. thank you. >> thanks, everybody. >> activists also bed with the president and vice president and spoke to reporters after the meeting. -- also met with the president and vice-president and spoke to reporters after the meeting. >> let me say we...
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the president prostitute burma and east asia -- visit to burmae pivot./ it i this is all based on advancing a rules based border that will drive peace and prosperity for decades to come. that is what we need to ratify the law of the seat treaty, something senator warner has been leading us on. over the next four years, the region will be watching to see whether america will make the diplomatic, military, an economic investments to lock in the strategy. that is exactly what we need to do. when we talk about the pivot, we have to be mindful that both ends of the equation. the end of the war in iraq the winding down of the war in afghanistan to create an opportunity to increase our engagement in asia, but this does not mean we are abandoning our traditional allies in other parts of the world or taking our eye off the ball when it comes to fighting terrorism and finishing the job in afghanistan. bin laden is dead and the core of al qaeda's leadership has been decimated, but the threats from its affiliates in places like yemen and north africa is still very real. in the years ahead, we need to a
the president prostitute burma and east asia -- visit to burmae pivot./ it i this is all based on advancing a rules based border that will drive peace and prosperity for decades to come. that is what we need to ratify the law of the seat treaty, something senator warner has been leading us on. over the next four years, the region will be watching to see whether america will make the diplomatic, military, an economic investments to lock in the strategy. that is exactly what we need to do. when...
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have objected to the president's upcoming trips saying that the democratic reforms taking place in burma haven't gone far enough and or also that the ones in cambodia may be backsliding. how do you avoid the perception that the president has put a samp of approval on these governments. >> well in burma the president will use that visit to press for improvements in the relationship between the united states and burma. there has been extraordinary progress made since last year but much more work needs to be done to advance democratic change. supporting democracy and human right social security a fundamental principle behind the president's policy in the region and the world and he will carry that message on this trip >> [indiscernible] . >> i think this is historic and important but it will be clear his message will be to recognize the progress that's been made but there is more work that needs to be done. >> you said the new secretary is going to be a key part pant in these discussions so if he committed to staying on until the end of the negotiations? >> he's committed to staying on thro
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is far and we're not talking about the possibility of opening relations with burma who has been facing mass of sanctions for many years because of a repressive regime but there are governments that are terribly repress of all round the world. the u.s. has never had a good way of engaging with people in those countries that are facing those kinds of governments. we tend to send the marines. when we talk about pivoting towards asia, it usually puts too much emphasis on pivoting our troop deployments. i think we will be hearing about withdrawing troops from europe. i think we'll see a significant drawdown from germany in particular. the idea that we have 53,000 troops in germany. the list of bases that we have 23 u.s. bases in germany but when you look at the list of the pentagon's installations around the world, you see there are 55 installations in germany. that includes things like golf courses. do we need the pentagon to be running golf courses in germany? i don't think so. host: we are taking your calls on this segment. give us a call -- we have also set up a special line for u.s. mi
is far and we're not talking about the possibility of opening relations with burma who has been facing mass of sanctions for many years because of a repressive regime but there are governments that are terribly repress of all round the world. the u.s. has never had a good way of engaging with people in those countries that are facing those kinds of governments. we tend to send the marines. when we talk about pivoting towards asia, it usually puts too much emphasis on pivoting our troop...
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have objected to the president's upcoming trips saying that the democratic reforms taking place in burma haven't gone far enough and or also that the ones in cambodia may be backsliding. how do you avoid the perception that the president has put a samp of approval on these governments. >> well in burma the president will use that visit to press for improvements in the relationship between the united states and burma. there has been extraordinary progress made since last year but much more work needs to be done to advance democratic change. supporting democracy and human right social security a fundamental principle behind the president's policy in the region and the world and he will carry that message on this trip >> [indiscernible] >> i think this is historic and important but it will be clear his message will be to recognize the progress that's been made but there is more work that needs to be done. >> you said the new secretary is going to be a key part pant in these discussions so if he committed to staying on until the end of the negotiations? >> he's committed to staying on throug
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few days to hold this news conference before he leaves next week for a trip to thailand, cambodia and burma, the first visit by the united states president to that isolated nation. that is "the washington post" this morning. we're learning the president has invited congress to the white house for fiscal cliff talks, inviting them to join him in negotiations there. john boehner two hours ago holding his own news conference, talking about the fiscal cliff, saying, according to abc news, he wants to come to grips with the deficit in 2013. he said 2013 must be the year the federal government comes to grips with its budget deficit, but staked out the same note tax increase for the wealthy but the republican party has insisted on since before the presidential election. saying perhaps they should continue with the bush tax cuts and the other expiring tax cuts until 2013, when they can come up with some long-term way to address the entire tax code. that news conference about two hours ago. if you missed it, you can go to our website and we will show it to you as well on c-span. we're waiting for th
few days to hold this news conference before he leaves next week for a trip to thailand, cambodia and burma, the first visit by the united states president to that isolated nation. that is "the washington post" this morning. we're learning the president has invited congress to the white house for fiscal cliff talks, inviting them to join him in negotiations there. john boehner two hours ago holding his own news conference, talking about the fiscal cliff, saying, according to abc news,...
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i had a chance to talk to the president yesterday about his trip to burma, a country that i have had a long-standing interest in over the last 20 years. i want to commend him for going. i think it's an important step for him to take. thank you. >> thanks, everybody. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> and back on capitol hill, results from the election continue to trickle in. representative brian bilbray has conceded his san diego area district handing democrats with another pickup with two interparty races to be determined, this report from the "washington post." he conceded to scott peters, the democrat who is currently san diego port commissioner. on capitol hill in the house today, the house had one bill on the agenda, the bill that would normalize u.s. trade relations with russia and that passed by a vote of 365-43. the senate has yet to take up their version of the measure. a capitol hill reporter fills in the details. >> sports of this bill normalizing trade relations with russia are saying it's lo
i had a chance to talk to the president yesterday about his trip to burma, a country that i have had a long-standing interest in over the last 20 years. i want to commend him for going. i think it's an important step for him to take. thank you. >> thanks, everybody. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> and back on capitol hill, results from the election continue to trickle in. representative brian bilbray...